Five Things You Need to Know

1. The Getty Center offers a sketching gallery for would-be artists to sketch paintings by the masters. The gallery features six original oil paintings from the Museum’s collection, including Adriaen de Vries' dynamic Juggling Man. Anyone can drop by the sketching gallery whenever the museum is open. The gallery is located in the East Pavilion, second floor. The Getty is at 1200 Getty Center Dr. Visit http://www.getty.edu/visit/hours/index.html for museum operating hours.

2. Giggles and Hugs will feature new musician Willie Aron tonight. Aron writes children’s songs and is the father of twins. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. Giggles and Hugs is at 10250 Santa Monica Blvd

3. Registration for summer Youth Basketball at the Barrington Recreation Center is going on now. Sign ups are for kids ages 5 – 12.  Skill level evaluations take place June 25. Practices begin in late June, with league play starting in July. Games are played on Saturdays, with one weekday practice per week. Registration is $150. The Barrington Recreation Center is at 333 S. Barrington.

4. The Skirball off-ramp from the 405 will be closed today from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and again from 7 p.m.-6 a.m. due to the Skirball bridge reconstruction project. The closures will take place for the next week.

 5. Brentwood Patch is looking for local bloggers to share their voices on our site. Do you have something to say? Are you passionate and knowledgeable about Brentwood? Do you like to write? Then this could be for you. For more information, contact Patch Regional Editor Diana Swartz at diana.swartz@patch.com